INCREASED PRICE OF WOOL FOR KNITTING.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 334, 4 March 1915, Page 4

INCREASED PRICE OF WOOL FOR KNITTING.

Many ladies who wish to help the Expeditionary Forces by means which ai'e not beyond the resources of limited purses have been admirably active in the preparation of various gifts. For instance, large numbers of- socks have boon provided by working women who spend all they cftn afford on wool for the knitting. Two such workers, who have been buying wool to the limit of their resources, have just reported that, to their groat surprise, they have found that the price of knitting wool has recently been increased by 1/-, making the price 5/0 per pound, says the "Post." They suggest that the Government might, in view of the great quantity of wool being used for the benefit of the troops, take some steps to prevent unwarranted increases iu the cost to the purchaser, and, if necessary, establish depots for the sale of yarn made from New Zealand wool. For that matter, they added, the price of meat and other New Zealand products might with benefit be regulated in the same way.